My Friend Leonard

While in rehab, James Frey finds a father figure in a shady mafia boss called Leonard. When Leonard returns to his dubious, prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas, he promises James his support on the outside. Tragedy strikes the day James is released and his world seems set to implode. Unsure where to turn, he calls Leonard. Paradoxically, it is in Leonard's lawless underworld that James discovers the courage and humanity needed to rebuild his life.

Reviews

"* 'James Frey's utterly mesmerising account... [is] easily the most remarkable non-fiction book about drugs and drug taking since Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... As a memoir, it is almost mythic. You can imagine it made epic by Martin Scorsese, the auteur of wayward American maleness in all its extremity... Utterly compulsive' - Observer on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * 'Frey really can write. Brilliantly. And if you don't think so, f*** you' - London Evening Standard on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * 'An extraordinary and deeply moving book that will make you think about family, friendship, love, religion, death and perhaps most of all, the human spirit' - Irish Sunday Independent on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * 'A heartbreaking memoir... inspirational and essential' - Bret Easton Ellis on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * 'This book is definitely going to be huge... There is no question that he's a good writer. As soon as you start reading the book, Frey's voice rings out. It's clear and sharp and turbocharged... We love rehab memoirs. This is a good one. It might even be a great one' - Independent on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * 'He takes you inside his world of pain, and it's like a small, brightly lit cell... Life, Frey tells us, is pretty disturbing and weird when you're out of your head. But try living it sober.' - The Spectator * 'A deeply affecting book. A tiring one, too: read it, and you will appreciate the way Frey weathered a full-frontal assault from emotions he didn't know existed.... Vivid, splashy and mesmerising.' - Independent"

About the Author

James Frey is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He is married and lives in New York.